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(, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:33)
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Vagina is a medical word coined the 1680's. It comes from the Latin vagina meaning a scabbard or sheath. So I think we can assume the plural has always been vaginae, as I can't imagine a 17th century man of medicine anglicising the plural when at that time nearly all scientific and medical writings were written in classical Greek or Latin, English being considered a peasants language.
(, Mon 6 Dec 2010, 13:07, 1 reply, 14 years ago)
Now you mention it
scabbard is a far better word.
(, Mon 6 Dec 2010, 18:38, Reply)

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